Reflections on A Journey to St Helena
Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.
Saturday, 6 January 2024
Michael Broers on the Ridley Scott film
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Having read so many bad reviews I decided not to bother with Ridley Scott's film, but I may be more interested in the four h...
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Kensal Green Cemetery, St Helena and Napoleon
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Kensal Green Cemetery, founded in 1833, is the oldest and apparently the most prestigious private cemetery in Britain . The Frien...
Monday, 30 January 2023
The Bulk Fuel Installation & "The Saint"
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"The Saint" 12 January 2022 I rarely post about modern St Helena, but a recent edition of a new...
Friday, 25 November 2022
Napoleon chez the Balcombes- A Review
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Volume 3 of Michel Dancoisne-Martineau's series, Napoleon and St Helena, the end of an emperor. This volume provides a ver...
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Elba 1814: Napoleon meets a man from Bungay.
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John Barber Scott (1792-1862) John Barber Scott was the much travelled son of a wealthy merchant from Bungay in Suffolk. H...
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